Test 7 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines
In a cartoon, a sneaky fox cuts a video of the hero saying "I would never steal the cake" down to "steal the cake". What trick is that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sneaky fox, I · What happens: cut, say, not steal, steal, be · To what, where: video, cartoon, cake, trick · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 33 «Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a sneaky fox cuts a video of the hero saying "I would never steal the cake" down to "steal the cake".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cuts | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fox | det |
| 6 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fox | amod |
| 7 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cuts | nsubj |
| 8 | cuts | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 video | det |
| 10 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cuts | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 hero | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hero | det |
| 13 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 video | nmod |
| 14 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 cuts | advcl |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 steal | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 steal | nsubj |
| 17 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 steal | aux |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 steal | advmod |
| 19 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 saying | ccomp |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 cake | det |
| 21 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 steal | obj |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 down | punct |
| 23 | down | down | ADV | _ | 19 steal | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 steal | mark |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 steal | punct |
| 26 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 steal | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 cake | det |
| 28 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 steal | obj |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 steal | punct |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 cuts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | present | a sneaky fox | a video of the hero | a cartoon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Product | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | a sneaky fox not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not steal in a quote | would | a sneaky fox = fox | the cake | down property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cake=Theme | |||
| 4 | steal in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | the cake | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cake=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What trick is that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 trick | det |
| 2 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 trick | cop |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 trick | nmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 trick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | what trick | that nmod | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Taking words out of context
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Taking | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 context | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 context | case |
| 5 | context | context | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | words | context | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent word=Theme out context=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Making a fact-check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 check | det |
| 3 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 check | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 fact | punct |
| 5 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | a fact check | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset check=Product |
Option 3
A live report
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 report | det |
| 2 | live | live | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 report | amod |
| 3 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Writing a correction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing | write | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 correction | det |
| 3 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Writing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | gerund | a correction | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correction=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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